Do your Best Work in Mooresville
This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.
Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to design, implement, and enhance systems and processes that support the goal of optimizing labor allocation within Lowe's stores across the US. This role supports projects at all levels of the organization and a successful candidate should be comfortable working cross-functionally with a wide variety of teams across the organization. This role requires a self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to build, modify, and maintain complex data manipulation models, scripts, and processes.
What You Will Do
- Leads automation and analytical projects, collaborating across functional areas, including, but not limited to, Store Operations and Technology teams. Projects may include data management, extraction, technology strategy, data solutions creation, data sourcing, architecture, standards development and governance, privacy, and process development.
- Conducts deep statistical analysis, including predictive and prescriptive modeling in order to optimize labor allocation
- Creates intricate models used in payroll planning, long range planning, and wage growth projections, providing insight into the best utilization of business resources
- Develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies to optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
- Delivers in-depth analysis of labor allocation, including the use of complex statistical models, engineered labor standards, and field operations input to develop recommendations for executive leadership
- Synthesizes information from a variety of sources to derive insights and provide subject-matter expertise
- Completes inputs for forecasts used to predict the labor capacity and financial resources necessary for payroll allocation and store organizational design at Lowe’s
- Identifies and presents actionable insights to resolve workforce planning and management challenges
- Proactively benchmarks budget, analysis, and scope of projects to ensure they fall within the available resources and timelines, while providing the input necessary for the success of the business
- Maintains expert-level knowledge on industry trends, emerging technologies, and new methodologies and applies it to projects as well as using it to guide team members.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
- Bachelor’s degree Operations Engineering, Data Science, Business Analysis, or a related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
- 3 years Experience related to workforce planning, data science, or data modeling.
- 2 years Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- 2 years Experience in an analytical role
- 2 years Experience using business intelligence and reporting tools (MicroStrategy, TM1, Hyperion/Essbase, Business Objects, Cognos, Teradata, etc.)
- 2 years Experience using SQL to query and combine data from multiple sources
- 2 years Experience using business analysis and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, etc.) to perform analysis
- 1 years Experience using Python, R, Java, or comparable Object-Oriented programming language
Preferred Skills/Education
- Master’s degree Operations Engineering, Data Science, Business Analysis, or a related field
- 1 years Experience working on Agile project management teams
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.